Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Compare Primary and Secondary Sources
Learn how to analyze and compare the relationship between a primary and a secondary source.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Materials: Printed and Electronic (English Ii Reading)
This lesson focuses on using resources such as dictionaries, thesauruses (or thesauri), and glossaries to find and use words that will improve not only your reading skills but also your writing skills. L.11-12.4c References
Other
National Council on Public History: Evidence of the Past
Understand how historians are like detectives- studying evidence from the past.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Primary Research
Learn the difference between primary and secondary research as well as some different types of primary sources that can be used when gathering research.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: What Is Primary Research and How Do I Get Started?
Learn the difference types of primary sources and how to use them as a part of your research.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Preparing to Write the Research Paper
This lesson introduces students to research materials in the library and electronic materials available through the Alabama Virtual Library(AVL). The instruction emphasizes "how-to-use" multi-volume encyclopedias, multi-volume reference...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Independent Research Project
Students will use the Internet to gather key facts using a variety of online resources and present their findings in a word processed paper in APA style.
Other
Central Michigan University: Website Research: Wikipedia References
This resource discusses the pros and cons of using Wikipedia as a research resource, and things to be cautious about. One thing the articles can often help with though is to give you a list of references as a good starting point to begin...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Colonial Society and Culture 1607 1754
Using primary sources, a self-assessment of Colonial Society and Culture (1607-1754).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Second Continental Congress (1775)
An overview of the Second Continental Congress (1775).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
A self-assessment of the philosophy of key figures during the American Revolution (1754-1800).
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Freedmen's Bureau
This collection of documents, images, and readings from the era give an overview of the work done by the Freedmen's Bureau and the racial and political struggles the agency faced during the Reconstruction Era. Includes a teaching guide.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Approaches to Knowledge
An article addressing how knowledge is acquired from different media formats. The article also discusses how scholars from the past asked questions about knowledge and launched their own investigations.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Protecting the Rights of the People
Find relationships among primary and secondary sources that identify where information from different sources converges and where it differs.
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: Have a Historical Question? Ask a Historian!
This site summarizes what a historian does, what tools they use, and how to prepare to ask a historical question.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Mystery Object Challenge
Practice historical investigation skills with this mystery object activity. Look at the image and try to determine its story.
Other
College of William & Mary: Historical Scene Investigation Project
Looking for a way for your students to use more primary sources? This website contain cases that give students experiences similar to those of a real historian.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparison Papers: Key Elements
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in comparison contrast papers.
TES Global
Blendspace: Primary & Secondary Sources
A twelve-part learning module with links to texts, videos, quizzes, images, and websites to use while learning about primary and secondary research sources.
TES Global
Blendspace: Primary Sources
A learning module with twenty-three links to videos, texts, images, websites, texts, and a quiz about primary sources.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Compare and Contrast Map
Use this graphic organizer to compare or contrast ideas, things, or texts. This is a great cross-curricular tool to use for both reading strategies and prewriting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Evaluate Site
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides students with strategies for researching on the internet and how to tell if a resource is reputable. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7